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Unirse STATES PETER ANDERSEN, OF FORT IVAYNE, INDIAN, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY G. OLDS, OF SAME PLAGE.

CORNER-iRON FOR-WAGON-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,100, dated April 9, 1889.

Application filed Iuly 6, 1888. Serial No. 279,189. (No model.) l

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, PETER ANDERSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Ia-yne, in the county of Allen, in the State ot' Indiana, have invented certain new 4and useful Improvements in Cornei- Irons for iVagon Boxes and'Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention is of an improved corner-i ron for fastening together the sides of Wagon and buggy boxes and seats.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section ot' my improved corner-iron for making a solid corner in a Wagon or buggy box. Fig. 2 is the seme iron in perspective. Fig. 3 is the top piece used with the same iron. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the top piece. Fig. 5 is a crosssection of the corner-iron used et the rear of a Wagon-box having n hin ged en d-gatc. Fig. G is a perspective of the same. Fig. is a rear View of the end-gate shut and latched. Fig. S is a cross-section of the corner-iron used in a seat-back, and Fig. 9 is ay perspective of the saine.

I shall describe my invention rst ts applied to a solid Wagon-box corner, such as is usually found et the front end of a light de-4 livery or express Wagon. Its leading feature consists in providing two mitered recesses into which the ends of the boards constitutimg` the side and end of the box are closely fitted, with an exterior rib finished in such manner as to make a suitable corner to the box. This corner-iron is shown in cross-section at Fig. 1 and in perspective at Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1, I is the corner-iron, and iV and W the wooden side and end of the wagon-box, fitted closely into the mitered recesses in the cornerron, as shown. At r is the rib, finished to ina-ke the outer corner of the box, and at F is the projecting foot of the corner-iron, which rests upon the bottom of the wagon-box and is bolted through it at b.

In Fig. 3 is shown the iron top piecefl, used With the corner-iron I. It is placed on the upper edge of the box, so that the outer edges, e and e', coincide with the outer edges of the box at XV and XV', and is fastened down by screws at s and The angles d and d Iit closely upon the Wooden box, as shown in Fig. Li, and it is bolted to the side and end of the box at h b.

In Figs. 5 and G at I is shown the corneriron used for the rear end of e Wagonbox with a swinging end-gate. In these gures o" is the exterior rib constituting the corner of the box. In the rectangular recess behind r is iitted the Wooden side N of the box, bolted at 112. At s s the corner-iron is fastened With screws or bolts to the Wooden corner-post of the box. At C is a catch, which receives the latch L of the end-gate. AtFig. 7 is shown a portion of the end-gate shut and lntched.

At Figs. S and 9 at I2 are shown in section and perspective the corner-iron used for a seat. It is necessary for convenience that the back and end of the seat shall incline from the bottom at an obtuse -angle, and the corneriron has to be shaped accordingly. In Fig. 8 the exterior rib is shown at r2 with the Wooden end and back of the seat w and in fitted into the initercd recess in the corner-iron. At F is shown the foot of the corner-iron. At s2 s2 S2 s2 the iron is screwed fast to the sides and bottom of the seat. Att the exterior rib of the corner-iron is carried across its top to the inside, so as to make a finish across the top at the corner of the seat.

The exact forms here shown are not material to myinvcnt-ion and may be varied in detail Without detracting from it.

I claim- 1. An iron Wagon-box corner combining in one piece an exterior rib constituting the outer corner of the box, a single thin connecting septum or web, and diverging interior flanges fitting the interior corner of the box and forming by these three parts niitered recesses for receiving and holding the wooden side and end of the box, substantially as shown and described.

2. A set of corner-irons for a solid Wagonbox corner, comprising an upright corner of iron having an exterior rib forming the outer corner of the box, a connecting septum or web,

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and diverging interior fic nges iitting the inner corner of the box and forming by these three parts mitered recesses for receiving and holding the Wooden side and end of the box, and a top piece fitting the upper and inner edge of the box and bolted thereto, substantially as described.

3. A set of corner-irons for a solid Wagonbox corner, comprising, in combination, the upright corner-iron I and the top piece, T, constructed and combined substantially as described.

4. A corner-iron for the rear end of a Wagonbox having a hinged end-gate, combining in one piece an exterior rib forming the outer corner of the box, a recess to receive the end of the Wooden side of the box,a catch to hold the latch of the end-gate, and an inner fiange fitting against and fastened to the rear corner-post of the box, substantially as described.

o. The corner-iron I', substantially as described.

6. A corner-iron for a Wagon or buggy seat, combining in one piece an exterior rib forming the outer corner of the seat, a single thin connecting septum or Web, and diverging interior flanges fitting the interior corner of the seat and forming by these three parts mitered recesses for receiving the ends of the back and side of the seat, the said parts being combined in planes and angles corresponding to the planes and angles of the back, sides, and bottom of the seat, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I do hereto subscribe my name, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 3d day of July, 1888.

PETER ANDERSEN.

Witnesses:

WM. JOHNSTON, Jr., J AMES H. RoLINsoN. 

